Punctal Plug Retention Rates for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Dry Eye: A Randomized, Double-Masked, Controlled Clinical Trial

Jan 7, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Punctal Plug Retention Rates for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Dry Eye: A Randomized, Double-Masked, Controlled Clinical Trial

Purpose To compare retention rates of Super Flex (Eagle Vision, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Softplug-Oasis Medical Inc, Glendora, California, USA) vs Parasol (Odyssey Medical, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Beaver Visitec International, Waltham,…

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Cushing and Vesalius

Jan 7, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Cushing and Vesalius

Harvey Cushing’s enthusiasm for medical history arose from his contact with William Osler while he was a resident and young attending in Baltimore. Early in 1914, Cushing remembered that Andreas…

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Predictive Factors Associated With Acute Ocular Involvement in Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

Jan 7, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Predictive Factors Associated With Acute Ocular Involvement in Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

Purpose To suggest an objective score for grading the acute ocular severity of Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), and to determine predictive factors for severe acute ocular…

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Hedgehog Pathway Inhibition for Locally Advanced Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma and Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome

Jan 7, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Hedgehog Pathway Inhibition for Locally Advanced Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma and Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome

Purpose To review our experience treating patients with the Hedgehog pathway inhibitor, vismodegib, in patients with orbital or periocular locally advanced or metastatic basal cell carcinoma (BCC) or basal cell…

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Reply

Jan 6, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Reply

We would like to thank Richoz and associates for their interest in our trial. We disagree with their observation that the main conclusion of our trial was an increased risk…

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Corneal Cross-Linking as an Adjuvant Therapy in the Management of Recalcitrant Deep Stromal Fungal Keratitis: A Randomized Trial

Jan 6, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Corneal Cross-Linking as an Adjuvant Therapy in the Management of Recalcitrant Deep Stromal Fungal Keratitis: A Randomized Trial

Uddaraju and associates recently published a randomized clinical trial of collagen cross-linking (CXL) on nonresolving deep stromal fungal keratitis. The authors used the Dresden protocol settings (riboflavin 0.1%, ultraviolet A…

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We would like to thank Dr Çekiç for his interest in our article and appreciate his insightful comments. As Dr Çekiç has pointed out, some studies have suggested the presence…

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Jan 6, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Reply

Dr Dille raises an interesting question about the role of eye rubbing as a potential confounder in the associations between elevated serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels to cat and cockroach…

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